How To Choose The Right Contraception Method To Adjust Birth Distances

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JAKARTA - Choosing contraceptive methods to regulate birth distance can be difficult. You must know what the choice is and find a method that suits you.

If you are confused about choosing the right contraceptives, here are the considerations that you can think about before deciding certain contraceptive methods, before or after consulting a doctor, as quoted from various sources.

According to the Mayo Clinic, various types of contraceptives work in different ways to help control birth, including preventing sperm from reaching the egg, disabling or damaging sperm, preventing egg cells from being released every month, changing the uterine layer so that cells that have been seeded do not stick to it or thicken the servix mucus so that sperm cannot easily pass through it.

If you people undergo a fairly regular routine, there are contraceptive options for you, one of which is pills such as combination pills or progesterone pills. There are at least some types of pills for 21 days and a week of rest in a month. For more details, you should consult this with a doctor.

According to the NHS, not all contraceptives have to be drunk every day or every time you have sex. You don't have to think about contraception for months or years. One of the options, IUD or intrauterine device. This method can last up to 5-10 years, depending on the type. In addition, there are also implants that can last about 3 years.

If you are a woman, are you comfortable putting contraceptives into your own vagina? If so, consider using a vaginal ring, a female condom. If you want a long-term method and don't mind health experts putting contraceptives into the uterus through the vagina, you can consider using contraceptives in the uterus (IUD), an intrauterine (IUS) system.